Kristen Parris
Spy balloon triggers fascination, amazement, and one recurring question: What's going on with China?
Who knew that a single balloon could trigger a nation? But this month's Chinese Spy Balloon hysteria certainly did just that, as the country - and the whole world - watched with fascination as the balloon slowly drifted its way eastward until it was finally downed off of Myrtle Beach, South…
As the People’s Republic of China continues to grow in power both economically and militarily and seems poised and on the brink of superpower status, Western Today talked with Associate Professor of Political Science Kristen Parris about the country’s emergence, what it means for Asia as a whole…
The next Masters of Asian Cinema film is Lee Chang-dong’s 2018 feature Burning, which screens on Tuesday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay St., in Bellingham.
Based on a story by Murakami Haruki, Burning follows Jong-su, a…
Twenty-five years ago in the southern Chinese province of Hunan, a group of small-town high school students listening to shortwave radio heard news of a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators nearly 1,000 miles away in the capital of Beijing. Although it was late at night and pouring…
Thirteen Western Washington University students spent the past summer in China looking in-depth at Chinese society for a Society 437 course titled "Changing China -- Culture, Community, and Citizenship."
While in country, each student conducted research on a topic of his or her interest,…
International Education Week at Western Washington University wraps up with a spate of events Friday:
Education Abroad Expo: 10 a.m. – noon | VU 567Thinking about giving your Western experience a culture shift by studying, volunteering or doing service-learning…
Kristen Parris, having pursued a variety of international programs focused on China, including a summer program bringing Chinese students to WWU and, most recently, a faculty-led summer course that took 13 students and two faculty from the Gobi Desert to the port of Shanghai, will talk about her…
Thirteen Western Washington University students spent the past summer in China looking in-depth at Chinese society for a Society 437 course titled "Changing China -- Culture, Community, and Citizenship."
While in country, each student conducted research on a topic of his or her…
A class of 13 Western Washington University students is going to China this summer to study issues affecting the country such as gender, the aging population – a relatively new social problem – politics, community building and China’s rapidly changing environment.
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